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So I have been getting a lot of feedback on the last podcast's length. Some people like the longer podcasts, some people would perfer a short one (around 40-50 minutes or so). However, since the show is just once a week right now I am curious to hear what you think of the length? Would you like a shorter show or a longer one? Since I cover many topics in a single show it might be difficult to make all shows shorter, but I can do my best. Let me know what you think!

60 minutes is fine i think. You don't have to listen to it at once - and if you just want to relax and kill time, and listen to Steve for a good hour or so, it's nice. So yeah, i would go for 60 minutes.

If a pod cast seems like it'd be really long, couldn't you break it down and do 2 pod casts in the week? If not, then you could always spread the info across a couple podcasts... but it's always better to get news that's as current as possible.

I just remember that when you were covering the GDC with a podcast each day, the first 2 days were over 30 minutes and still covered a lot of content. I don't know how much shorter they can be.

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I like the podcasts, but I have dial-up as well. Would it be possible for you to divide them up according to topic, or is that too much?

Yeah, I knew that would be an issue. It's actually really hard/time-consuming to divide them up. I might change the bit-rate to make them a bit smaller, but it can decrease the sound quality. I'll do what I can!

I think the length of the show should be in proportion too how much stuff you want to say. If nothing happened this week dont go longer than you have too. But if you have to take up more time in order to justifiy a topic by all means go right ahead. The length is not that big an issue too me.